These are some variations of the recordings' lyrics that Billy himself made up. Most of these are found in concerts or lyric booklets which have different lyrics written in them. (The original lyrics start with a '•' and the variations begin with a '-'.) Enjoy!
(I AM ONE)
•try to find messiah
-gotta find messiah
•your city to burn
-your city will burn
•you'll burn
-you'll burn, motherfucker
(SIVA)
•...and dig it in the world i peel
-...and dig it in the motherfuckin' world i peel
•lies a soul thats torn apart
-lies a motherfuckin' soul that's torn apart
•tell me tell me what you're after, I just wanna get there faster
-tell me tell me what you're after, I just wanna NOT get there faster
•stars full of wishes fill our beds. she said, "I'm dead"
-stars full of wishes fill our beds. she said, "I'm morté" (They were playing in France)
-stars full of wishes fill our beds. she says, "Oh baby, I feel so dead"
-may the stars full of wishes fill your bed. and she says, "Oh my lover, why do I feel so dead inside?"
(BURY ME)
•some things you just cant hide
-some things you cant decide
(CRUSH)
•shivers down yer spine
-shivers up your spine
(SUFFER)
Billy adds "C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, BABY!" to the end of the song.
(WINDOW PAINE)
•laughing, living, on your own, all alone
-laughing, LIVIIIIIIIING, all alone
(SLUNK)
•sisters above
-you talk shit like a chump
•we love you
-i love you, yeah
(CHERUB ROCK)
•I know, I know, I know, I shoula listened when I was told...
-I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Billy adds "Woo", "uh huh", "eee ow", and "ow wow" to the song.
(ROCKET)
Alternate lyrics to the whole song: "Bleed in your own light, Dream of your own life, I hear you, I hear you return, come back again, Come on, come on, And when your days return You'll find yourself alone With your hands above your heart, And we'll rise We'll rise again I won't pretend, yeah yeah We'll rise again, I won't pretend, yeah yeah, with you, 'Cause when you find yourself alone With your hands above your heart, 'Cause when you find yourself alone With your hands above your heart, You'll find yourself alone To relax and fade away, You'll find yourself alone To relax and fade away, I shall be free, I shall be free, I shall be free, of me, Come on, come on Come on, come on Come on, come on, I shall be free, Let go that rocket inside of me..."
(GEEK U.S.A.)
•I can't believe them when they say it's alright
-I can't believe them when they say that it's alright...YOU KNOW IT'S MOTHERFUCKING ALRIGHT!\
-Billy screamed something incoherent during this song, and my brother is convinced it was "I cant believe them when they say that it's alright...I HOPE THERE'S LEMONADE!!!"
•we're really lovin' USA
-we're fuckin lovin' USA
(TONIGHT, TONIGHT)
•the place where you were born
-the place where I was born
•we'll make things right, we'll feel it all tonight
-we'll find a way to make it all alright tonight.
•we'll find a way to offer up the night, tonight
-we'll find a way to offer up our night, tonight
(BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS)
•but can you fake it, for just one more show
-but I can't fake it for just one more show
(FUCK YOU)
•and for you...
-'cuz for you, there isn't nothin' I wouldn't do.
(MUZZLE)
•and everything I've ever done is gone, and dead
-and everything I've ever done is dead, and gone
-and everything I've ever done is gone, and gone
(PORCELINA)
(breaks into 'Beautiful' halfway through, and sings the beginning of 'Rocket' at the end)
(IN THE ARMS OF SLEEP)
•She comes to me like an angel out of time, as i play the part of a saint on my knees
-she plays the part of an angel out of time, and i play the part of a saint on my knees
(I think that one was a mistake...judging by the look on Billy's face after he sang it!)
(1979)
•the street heats the urgency of now
-the street heats the urgency of sound
(X.Y.U.)
•'cause I'm a sister and I'm a motherfuck
-little sister, little motherfuck
•I am made of shamrocks, I am made of stern stuff...
-and I am made of shamrocks, and I am made of PUMPKIN...
•Mary had a little lamb, her face was white as snow
-Now Mary had a little lamb and its lamb-face was white as snow
•this is how Mary has her ghosts
-and this is how Mary has her ghosts...the ghosts come in the night and go "BOO!"
(AVA ADORE)
•you'll be perfect just like me
-you'll be perfect just like Billy
(JAMES' RANT)
"Play that San Francisco sound! If you go to San Francisco wear flowers in your motherfucking hair. If you're going to San Francisco wear motherfucking in your motherfucking hair! Come on! Get up on your fucking feet. Don't just fucking sit there. Get up you fucks! Come on! Don't just sit there, do something. DO SOMETHING! Yeah! Fillmore style. Come on people! We're on a fucking mission! Ride ride slippidy slide. Come on! Cause you gang-bang. You're don't have to stand on the coner. Psychedelic shit. Come on. Yeah! Fuck. Come on! Fuck all that shit. It's time to regulate, you know what I'm saying? It's time to regulate! Time to regulate, motherfuckers, come on! Come on! Come on you motherfuckers! Yeah. Come on, people, you know what I'm saying. Come out, get down in the fucking stage. Beautiful. Come on! Jump or DO SOMETHING! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! you motherfuckers! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump! Jump like you just don't care. Come on! I'm trying to get things done here on planet Earth. I'm busier than a beaver, you know what I'm saying. Yeah! Alright yeah! Come on! Come on! Come on! Yeah! Yeah! YEEAAAAHHHHH..." (etc. Continues in similar vein for another five minutes or so)
(I AM ONE RANT)
"What you want is what you'll get and that's nothin'. What you want is what you'll get and that's nothin'. What you want is what you'll get, and what you see is what you want, and what you cannot have is what you desire. All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything. All I ever wanted was everything, and all i got was shit. Nothin' can be taken from me that has not already been taken. and there's no stories that can be written that have not been written. oh. and there's no amount of bullshit (that) can be stacked high. and there's no amount of daggers that are small enough to pierce your heart. Hooooonaaaayowww. Hooooneeeeowww. gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gib gib gib nothin'. gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gib gib gibb gib nothin'. gimme gimme gimme gimme gib gib gib gib gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme get get get nothin'. gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gib gib gib gib get get. STRAIGHT THROUGH THE MOTHERFUCKIN' HEART! what you want is what you'll get, and that's nothin'. what you want is what you'll get, and that's nothin'. nothin'. nothin'. nothin'. nothin'. nothin'. nothin'. nada. gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme get get get get gimme gimme gimme gib gib gib gib gib gimme gimme gimme get get get get get NOTHIN'! Straight through your fucking heart! Nothin'. Straight through your motherfucking heart, nothing. I'll kick it down(?) Gimme some quiet. SHHHHH...gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gib gib gib gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme get get get get get nothin'. nothin'. nothin'. nothin'. nothin'. nothin'. NOTHIN'!!!!!"
(SILVERFUCK RANTS)
"She was my wife, She was my angel I put her in a box underneath my bed There's a difference between her but there wasn't And this woman broke my heart in 2 and 4 and 6 and 8 and 16 and 64 And i said baby, why must you make me cry Why must the girls always make the boys cry And it was blashpemy, it was disastrous and Unsettled and it broke the pause...And the disasters unseen. This was no ordinary girl you see Why? Baby, my baby Well, she's master of the clowns, Motherfucking nothing I just wanna fucking be friends Fuck it all, She was a fucking whore!!! Ssssss....”
"I put her in a box underneath my bed, but no matter how far I pushed her down I could still hear what she said. She says,'Bill, you're a whore and you always were. I told my momma I couldn't trust you. By the way, I hate you and I always did, I just did a good job of pretending'cause you see I had that job over at the mall and I didn't wanna lose it and shit. And I don't even like your first record!!! Superunknown.' And to all these things I reply,'Baby why?!?!?! Baby why?!?!?! Why must you make me cry? Why must the girls make the boys cry? It was an American tragedy. You broke my heart. Although I wasn't sure if I even had one, but you broke it nonetheless. Baby my Baby!!! Where are you now?!?!? Baby my Baby!!! Lost in the Clouds!!!"
"She was my lover, she was my angel, what I recovered I put into a box underneath my bed. I put her in a box underneath my bed. I put her in a box and this is what she said to me, 'I hate you and you're wasted. You're a whore and you're wasted, and I don't even like your firrrrrst record, Gissssshh.' and all these days I said, 'baby whyyy oh baby whyyy? Oh baby, why must you make me cry?' maybe my baby, where are you now? now? now? Baby my BAYBAY, lost in the clouds, clouds, clouds. AAAAAAHH!!!!! SHE ALWAYS WAS A WHORE!" fuckin' whore. fuckin' whore. fuckin' whore. fuckin' whore. fuckin' whore. fuckin' whore. fuckin' whore. YEAAAAAH!!! and there's no great mystery to the mysteries. we know what we know. I'd sure love to see you. makes my garden grow. 'cuz everyone's in there. at home. aeroplane. a mission. a horse. a cow. a moose. a tree. a maple leaf. a tree. a hooouuuse. and there is no time like now, yeah, there's never been a time like now. and I'm goin' solo and I reach across the great expanse through darkness to the fury of sound. and I lay my ass down. Just another motherfucker in the world. So I send this message to the sabants, the sicophants, the sizemongers, the sublitic whores, the Sammy's, the Sally's, the simple, the sexual, the sensual, the sumptuous, the misguided...We are, have been, and will always be the Smashing Pumpkins. Byeeeee Byyyyye. Byeeeee Byyyyye. Byeeeee Byyyyye Byeeeee Byyyyye. Byeeeee Byyyyye. Byeeeee Byyyyye! RAAAAAA!!"
"she was my lover, so complete. and she was my angel. and what i'd recovered of me, i put into a box, underneath my beeeeeeeeeed. when you lie in your bed and you lie to yourself, when you lie in your bed, and you tryyyy, you liiiiiiiiiee. lie lie lie liiiiee."
"and she was my angel, so complete. but angels aint always as they seem. she was my lover, so complete. but lovers aint always as they seem. when you lie in your bed, and you die a thousand deaths, when you liiiie...when you liiie liiie, yeah. when you lie, lie LIIIE."
"she is my LOVER. sweeeet. and she is my angel. what i RECOVERED of me, i put into a box, underneath my BEEEEEEEEED. when you liee in yo bed. and you lie. to yo-self. when you liiie, in yo bed, and you lie to yo-self...when you LIIIIIIIIIIIE. (extremely high-pitched voice) LIIIIIIIIIE. LIIIIIIIIIIE!!!!!!! LIE! Liiiiiiiiiiiiiee!!! LIIIIIIIIIIEEE!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! LIIIARAAA!...LLLLLLLIAR!...LLLLLLLIAR!...(Billy sings the 'bang bang you're dead' part)...some...where...over the rainbow...way up high...birds fly over the rainbow...why oh why...cant...I HEAR WHAT YOU WANT..." (Billy continues singing "Liar!" in a high voice after he finishes with the rest of the original lyrics.)
"I feel no pain. I feel no pain. I feel no pain. I feel no pain. I feel no pain. I feel no pain. I feel no pain. feel no pain. feel no pain. feel no pain. no pain i feel, feel no pain, feel no pain, feel no pain, feel no pain, feel no pain. I feel no pain pain pain. She was my lover and she was my angel. what I recovered I put into a box. underneath a big ole brass bed. I put her in a box underneath my bed. I put my baby in a box. if you know what I'm sayin'. and it was another American traaagedy. redundant. yesss...and I said to her whyyy? why? why must you make me cry? why must you make me cry? why must the girls make the boys cry? special power. and there was no where to go, no one to be, nothin' to see away from her. There was nothin' left. nothin' left. and I felt no pain. I grace the heavens with the thoughts of her. I tune myself to texas radio signals. and misfit, misenthropic, missives. I was a broken boy. in two. woo. ssss. and it left no room to move, and it left no room to sing. an american traagedy allll the waaay. hmm. BABY MY BABY, where are you now? MAYBE MY BABAY! shes so lost. shes so lost in the. shes so lost in the. shes so lost in the clooouuuds. ssssssss. RMRMRRAAA!!! 'cuz we were together again. we'd always be lovers. we just coudn't be friends. NAAA! FUCKIN WHORE! fuckin whore. fuckin whore. fuckin whore. fuckin whore. fuckin whore. she was a fuckin whore! AAAAH!!"
"i put her in a box underneath my bed. i put her in a box and this is what she said. she said your a whore and you always where, a lousy lay i despise you. i hate you and i always did i just did a good job of faking it. and i dont even like your first record! baby why?"
